Everyone knows the temper of Han Rice, boycotting so-and-so members without a word, asking for the suspension of group activities or something. Recently, there is a love bean who has not participated in group activities for a long time, and was actually asked to be removed from the group by Han Rice? He is Gao Zhirong, the Crystal Boy. Today, crystal boys' Korean fan associations (including DC gallery, Yellow-On, Daum Cafe crystal flower road group) submitted an application to YG.
In this application, fans demanded that Gao Zhirong be removed from the introduction of crystal boys on major websites. Because, no regiment in the portfolio file includes "former members". How did Gao Zhirong become a "former member"?
In 2000, the Crystal Boys disbanded. Later, member Gao Zhirong retired from the show business circle and lived the life of an ordinary office worker, and married in 2013. In 2016, Crystal Boy signed a contract with YG through the "Infinite Challenge" special edition, and then Yin Zhiyuan, Lee Jae-jin, Kim Jae-deok, Kang Sung-hoon, and Jang Shui-won signed a contract with YG, and Crystal Boy was officially reorganized. Because Gao Zhirong had already changed careers and had his own job, he did not participate in the reorganization because he did not have time to practice, fearing that it would cause damage to other members. However, for the sake of his teammates and fans, Gao Zhirong still specially starred in "Infinite Challenge", and performed on the stage with 6 other members.
Now, the recombined Crystal Boy shines again in the song world. Gao Zhirong, on the other hand, served as the head of the culture and entertainment department and the director of the company in the advertising agency Adetive, and became a successful businessman. Even so, the members and Gao Zhirong still responded to each other's path. At the Crystal Boys' 20th anniversary concert, Gao Zhirong presented a flower basket of congratulations.
When the Crystal Boys participated in "BrotherS I Know", they also said that they were "6 crystals" and the group was full of souls. Although Gao Zhirong has stopped participating in the group activities, the feelings of the 6 brothers are still very good. So why does Korean rice have to remove Gao Zhirong from the group?
Han Rice submitted four major reasons for this, and the core of these reasons is that Adetive, the company where Gao Zhirong now works, not only uses fans, but also "upside down" Crystal Boy for marketing. First of all, Hana advocates Adetive's use and disrespect for fans. The joint statement pointed out that Adetive had mobilized Crystal Boy fans to participate in the company's promotional activities, and each person had to pay for the event.
In the end, more than 1,000 fans participated in the event, but the on-site staff said insulting language to the fans present, which caused the fans to be angry. In this regard, Adetive said that because the agent and the fan manager are close, they use plain language when maintaining order on the scene, and there is a misunderstanding in the process.
Second, Hana believes that Adetive used the "Crystal Boys" and fans to promote itself. The company's advertisement to attract investors reads: "The influence of the company's director Gao Zhirong as a crystal boy and the relationship with the members is expected to have a driving effect on the business." "Because Gao Zhirong is a member of the former Crystal Boys, fans have strong spending power."
Not only that, but in the company's investment documents, "the company has participated in the joint planning of the "Infinite Challenge" Crystal Boy Special Edition" Korean rice people think Adetive is clearly using crystal boys and fans to circle money. Adetive responded that there was no such thing as attracting investors because the company's shares were all internally funded. When Gao Zhirong starred in "Infinite Challenge", the company did give strategic help.
Also, Koreans claim that Adetive stole the Crystal Boy's trademark for marketing. They point out that at Adetive's official SNS, the company always brings a "Crystal Boy" tag to promote goods including clothes, accessories, food and drink. Adetive responded that When Gao Zhirong was the spokesperson for a parenting product, the product had used the "crystal boy" tag. But since YG registered the Crystal Boy trademark in January 2017, they have consciously not used tag anymore.
Finally, Hana also proposed that Adetive expand improper marketing among overseas fans. For example, Gao Zhirong used the label "Crystal Boy" on the introduction of the Chinese website, and he also used the name of "Crystal Boy" to promote when he participated in Chinese activities.
For the above reasons, in order to prevent the use of the group name to support personal careers from happening again, the Han rice people hope that YG can sort out the files of "Crystal Boys" as soon as possible and protect the brand. In this matter, Korean netizens are very supportive of the practice of Korean rice.
And Chinese fans said that this matter is Adetive Taizuo, and Gao Zhirong has nothing to do with it, and the Crystal Boy will always be 6 people.
At present, YG said that considering that the probability of Gao Zhi dissolving the crystal boy is indeed very low, the introduction on the network will be modified according to the requirements of fans. Adetive responded that Gao Zhirong himself had repeatedly told the company's business partners that he should never add the "Crystal Boy" tag or use the Crystal Boy trademark. After this incident, Gao Zhirong fell into an impact because of the bad comments on the Internet, and the physical and mental pressure was very large. Some business cooperation matters on the corporate side will also be suspended.
Because the feelings of the members of the Crystal Boys are very good, no one wants to believe that Gao Zhirong is the one who will use his teammates and fans to circle money. I hope that Adetive can handle this matter as soon as possible, give fans a satisfactory answer, and do not hurt the feelings of Gao Zhirong and other members. In fact, for the old fans who have accompanied the Crystal Boy for 20 years, all they want is that everyone can be safe and sound, no matter what position they are in, they will help their lives. So what do you think about this?